Name: Judy Sherman

What do you do at the shop?   Owner, Teacher, Bookkeeper, Inventory (order, manage, kits, etc.), Longarmer, Sales. 

Where did you come from?  I was born in North Dakota, and have lived in Minnesota and Wisconsin as well.  We moved to Florida right before Irma in June of that year.  

How many children and grandchildren do you have?   We have 3 children - 2 girls and 1 boy.  All of our children are married with children of their own across Minnesota and Wisconsin.  Across the 3 families that are 9 grandchildren.  

What do you do when you are not working?  Our children are all grown and on their own.  So if we are not working, we may be enjoying the pool and catching up on laundry.  Unfortunately we work 7 days a week.  I still find time to read and solve digital puzzles on my ipad.  

I used to like to bake like Lisa, but found that I was the only one eating the sweets.    When our kids were younger, we used to take them camping in Minnesota all summer.   That included fishing, tubing behind the boat and water-skiing.  We spent a lot of time boating in Minnesota.   I also was doing cross-stitch from a young age, beading and then started quilting in 1998.  

What do you like about sewing?  I have quilted primarily with some embroidery.  After moving to Florida Pat and I started longarming.  I like using all of the machines.  

How long have you been quilting?  My first experience with quilting was a community service class that my Mom asked me if I wanted to go with her in grade school.  I started quilting in 1998 and went full speed ahead.  Minnesota is darn cold and the kids used lots of quilts.  Plus my mother-in-law is a quilt fanatic, but doesn't sew herself.  (She quilts by pocket-book at Amish stores).  

What careers have you had?  I was a medical claims examiner for Lutheran Brotherhood in Minneapolis, then went into testing for Information Technology which progressed into database administration.  I then moved to Wells Fargo and went into data warehousing.  I designed and created code to load data that was used for analytics.  I also wrote SQL code that was used to create reports for analytics that was used for things like fraud detection and the APY on High Interest Yield/CD's sold by the bank. 

How many machines do you have?  Well, I have 2 Bernina sewing machines at home and a Featherweight that I received as a gift from a friend.  I also have a L890 Combo machine at home.    I have an older Viking overlock machine that I should give to my sister. 

What makes you happy?  Getting back to peace and tranquility.  It makes me happy to do things for my family, by cooking/planning for those perfect holiday's.   I like to learn how to do new things and I like to teach.   I have to add that I love to longarm! 

Name: Pat Sherman

What do you do at the shop?   Owner, Machine Technician and Sales. 

Where did you come from?  Pat was born in Blaine Minnesota.  After marrying Judy in 1985, he lived in Minnesota, Wisconsin and now Florida. 

How many children and grandchildren do you have?   The same as Judy. 

What do you do when you are not working?  Pat enjoys his time on the couch watching football, and he enjoys washing his car in the backyard.  He also enjoys cooking, and smoking meats on his Traeger.  He makes awesome ribs, wings, brisket, filet and prime-rib.     

What are your hobbies?  Pat likes to watch practically every sport on TV.  He also likes to watch the food channel and cook.   Back in Minnesota, Pat would boat, golf, fish and waterski.  He tried hunting with his father and cousins, but didn't enjoy the cold.  

What careers have you had?  Pat still works full-time outside of the shop.  Pat installs store fixtures for various large retailers that hire his companies services.  He has done work for Lowes, Best Buy, Kitchen Aide, Home Depot, various TV companies, etc....  He works 24/7 and travels often to job sites.    During the evenings and weekends, he is doing machine repairs at the quilt shop, and helping with display plus maintenance.    He has been a cabinet maker since he was in high school, and has made cabinets for everything from medical facilities, office conference rooms, residential homes, to retail fixtures.    For a year Pat worked in the loading dock at Fed Ex (outside in Minnesota Winter) --> which is the primary reason why we are in Florida now.  

What do you like about sewing?  Pat likes to embroidery and longarm.  

How any machines do you have?  Only the ones that Judy doesn't claim, which are the ones in his grave yard.  

What makes you happy?  (This was from Judy) Pat enjoys when Lisa bakes and brings goodies into the shop, because he has developed a sweet tooth during the day.   Time on his couch, when he falls asleep when a moving is playing.  He does have certain restaurants that he likes to visit when he travels.  

Name: Lisa Davis

What do you do at the shop?   Lisa is a jack of all trades.  She handles receiving inventory, creating kits, creating Facebook posts, checking inventory, and all other miscellaneous office work needed.   In addition, Lisa does longarming when Kim is out of the shop to help fill in.    Lisa's husband has helped out at the shop as well, he had helped Pat run the registers and cut fabric when the staff and I went on a retreat one year.  

Where did you come from?  Lisa is originally from upstate New York, and spent 11 years in Virginia.  She also lived in Texas for 26 years, and has been in Florida since 2014.   

How many children and grandchildren do you have?   Lisa has a daughter and two bonus sons.  She is very proud of each one. 

What do you do when you are not working?  Lisa enjoys sewing, longarming, cooking, baking and fishing.  Lisa bakes a lot and brings in lots of treats that get cobbled up in the break area.  Lisa is a member of two different quilting guilds and is on the board of SWFL Quilters Guild.  Lisa participates in various guild challenges and activities with her Mom.  Lisa's parents are wonderful people, and she spends lots weekend days with them.  Lisa's parents will stop by the shop often, and sometimes they just come to have ice-cream at Daddy Dee's, and pull Lisa over to the ice cream parlor for a break.  

What are your hobbies?  Lisa's favorite hobby is fishing.  Just give Lisa a fishing pole and she is happy either on a boat or a dock on a canal.  

What careers have you had?  Lisa worked at a show barn (have had two horses and showed Dressage), grocery store (cashier, cake decorator and the bread and donut shift), image processing department at Frito Lay Corporate, various positions in accounting for over a decade with a landscape company, an assisted living management company and Rent A Center Corporate. IT Auditor for AT&T Wireless back when it was Cingular, technical training at MCI, (became Verizon Business) civil process server, SAH trucker wife for 11-ish years, and now PJ's!

What do you like about sewing?  Lisa loves the artistic aspect of sewing as well as its therapeutic qualities - since sewing is a great stress reliever! 

How any machines do you have?  Five!  Lisa has a Bernina 790 Crystal Edition, a Bernina 570 QE, a Babylock Crescendo, a Juki and a white Singler Featherweight.  

What makes you happy?  Spending time with family, sewing and fishing.